Florida Football Alliance

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Florida Football Alliance
SportAmerican football
Inaugural season2008
PresidentTerrence Page Sr.
No. of teams14
CountryUnited States
Most recent
champion(s)
SW Florida Gladiators
Most titlesMiami "Magic City" Bulls (6)
Official websiteFFAFootball.org

The Florida Football Alliance (FFA) is an Adult Amateur Minor League of American football (often referred to as “semi-professional”) based out of Boynton Beach, Florida. Founded in May 2007, the league opened its first season of operation on January 19, 2008 and remains the oldest continuous operating organization of its type in the Sunshine State. At present, the FFA comprises 14 teams for the 2018 season. Member teams are divided into two separate conferences, Alliance and Florida. Within each of the respective conferences, there are two divisions and all teams play a 10-game regular season schedule that traditionally begins in late January of each year. At the end of the regular season, qualified teams compete in a post-season playoff schedule that begins in April. The champion of each respective conference then compete for the league championship in the final game of the year, dubbed the "Alliance Bowl". Alliance Bowl-XI is scheduled for May 19, 2018 at Larry Kelly Field at Municipal Stadium in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Alliance Bowl[]

Game Date Winning team Score Losing team Venue City Ref
I May 3, 2008 Miami "Magic City" Bulls 30–18 Bradenton Gladiators Municipal Stadium Daytona Beach, Florida
II May 2, 2009 Port St. Lucie Bobcats 40–34 Miami "Magic City" Bulls Municipal Stadium (2) Daytona Beach, Florida (2) [1]
III May 1, 2010 Orlando Rage 40–34 Miami "Magic City" Bulls (2) Hodges Stadium Jacksonville, Florida
IV April 30, 2011 Miami "Magic City" Bulls (2) 56–50 Orlando Rage Municipal Stadium (3) Daytona Beach, Florida (3)
V May 5, 2012 Orlando Rage (2) 35–30 Bradenton Gladiators (2) Ansin Sports Complex Miramar, Florida [2]
VI May 25, 2013 Miami "Magic City" Bulls (3) 61–28 Orlando Rage (2) Tropical Park Stadium Miami, Florida [3]
VII May 3, 2014 Miami "Magic City" Bulls (4) 50-29 Bradenton Gladiators (3) Municipal Stadium (4) Daytona Beach, Florida (4) [4]
VIII May 30, 2015 SW Florida Gladiators 51-27 Miami "Magic City" Bulls (3) Municipal Stadium (5) Daytona Beach, Florida (5) [5][6]
IX May 14, 2016 Miami "Magic City" Bulls (5) 34-20 Tampa Bay Patriots Municipal Stadium (6) Daytona Beach, Florida (6)
X May 20, 2017 Miami “Magic City” Bulls (6) 58-31 Tampa Bay Patriots (2) Ronald L Book Athletic Stadium (1) North Miami Beach, Florida (1)
XI May 19, 2018 SW Florida Gladiators (2) 17-14 Twin County Raiders Municipal Stadium (7) Daytona Beach, Florida (7)
XII May 18, 2019 SW Florida Gladiators (3) 29-0 South Florida Wolverines Municipal Stadium (8) Daytona Beach, Florida (8)

Member Teams[]

Team Location Division Conference First Year Stadium
Miami “Magic City” Bulls Miami, Florida South Alliance 2008 North Miami Athletic Stadium
Twin County Raiders Fort Lauderdale, Florida South Alliance 2017
South Florida Chargers Miami, Florida South Alliance 2017 Orange Bowl Field
Florida Wildcats Boynton Beach, Florida East Alliance 2008 Wardell Chance Memorial Field
South Florida Wolverines Fort Lauderdale, Florida East Alliance 2015 Orange Bowl Field
Palm Beach Makos Riviera Beach, Florida East Alliance 2011 Dan Calloway Field
Hollywood Browns Hollywood, Florida West Florida 2017 Ansin Sports Complex
Southwest Florida Gladiators Bradenton, Florida West Florida 2015 East Manatee Bulldogs Field
Tampa Bay Patriots Tampa, Florida West Florida 2015
Dunedin Pirates Dunedin, Florida West Florida 2017 Dunedin Memorial Stadium
Jax X-Men Jacksonville, Florida North Florida 2011 Andrew Jackson Stadium
River City Commandos Jacksonville, Florida North Florida 2017 Charles "Boobie" Clark Park
Port Orange Stallions Port Orange, Florida North Florida 2017 Coraci Athletics Field
Golden Isles Grizzlies Brunswick, Georgia North Florida 2018 North Glynn Complex

League administration[]

Name Position Since
Terrence Page, Sr President/CEO 2007
Mark K. Trueblood Commissioner 2014
Christopher McIntosh Chairman 2007
Cleveland Morley, Jr. 1st Vice-Chairman 2007
Edrick Sweeting 2nd Vice-Chairman 2007
Patricia Johnson Secretary 2007
Paula McIntosh Treasurer 2007

References[]

  1. ^ "St. Lucie defeats Miami-Magic City to win Florida Football Alliance Championship". TCPalm. May 3, 2009. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  2. ^ "Former UCF QB Israel, Orlando Rage Alliance V champions". Florida Today. May 13, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  3. ^ Jason Dill (May 21, 2013). "Commentary Bevy of Bradenton Gladiators named Florida Football Alliance all-stars". Bradenton. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  4. ^ "2014 Season". FFA. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  5. ^ "Semi-pro football: Gladiators win Alliance Bowl". Bradenton Herald. June 1, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  6. ^ "Florida Football Alliance Bowl this weekend at Municipal Stadium". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. May 27, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
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